Institute to host architectural symposium on affordable housing

NEW YORK: Pratt Institute is presenting an architectural symposium on “An Inventory of What’s Possible“ on April 10.

“An Inventory of What’s Possible” will focus on the history of international affordable housing emerging from the research, architectural prototypes, and financing data… Read More »

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Reasons why senior housing projects don’t get financed

SAN DIEGO: There are myriad reasons why some finance institutions walk away from potential relationships in the senior housing sector. Here are the most often quoted excuses:

1. Not ready to commit: While many lending institutions are eager to align themselves with the senior housing Read More »

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Using patients’ own cells to accelerate research into neurological disease

SEATTLE: A patient’s very own skin cells may hold the key to new treatments and even cures for devastating neurological diseases.

By 2020, neurological conditions will become the leading cause of death and disability.

Patients’ skin cells will be reprogramd into induced pluripotent stem cells Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The hundred and twenty-second entry for the seniors housing Global Award for 2015 has been received.

Over the next two years, new construction and redevelopment of a number of existing buildings will yield more than 60 new living units and 37,500 square feet of Read More »

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